Inking-pad for hand-stamps



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Y HIKING PAD POR HAND )STAMBSV- l No. 326,042. A PatentedSep`t`..8.'1885.

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UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cHAnLnsAL-KLINKNER, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

lNKlNe-PAD FOR' HAND-STAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,042, datedSeptember 8, 1885.

Application mea March 12,1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. KLINK- NER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of Oakland, Alameda county, State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful `Improvements inInking-Pads for Hand Printing-Stamps; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the `drawings that accompany and form part of thisspecification, in Which- Figure l represents in isometric rperspective apad and its oase or holder produced in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a similar view of a pad without a protecting-case. Fig. 3illustrates in perspective the form and application of the fastenings bywhich the cloth is secured to the pad. Fig. 4 is a crosssection throughthe pad.

My invention relates to certain improve- `ments in stretching and fixingsurfaces of cloth and like suitable material upon the paste or body ofinking matter or substance that is or may be used in the manufacture ofpads for hand printing stamps and blocks.l

The improvement constituting my invention consists of fastening means ofnovel character, by the application and operation of which the cloth isso drawn and tightly held around the edges over the pad that thetendency of the cloth to draw up and wrinkle after a time of use isovercome. The improvement contemplates also the ready removal of thecloth, to resti-etch it, or to renew the surface when too much Worn.

My invention is particularly applicable to that form of inking-pad inwhich a' body of inking or coloring matter contained in a suitable tray,pan, or shallow flat-bottom case is covered with cotton cloth or otherfabric, whose porosity or openness of structure, permitting the inkingmatter to pass through under pressure of the stamp, forms adistributing-surface. The efficiency as Well as the durability of thepad depends upon the smoothness and even character of thisdistributingsurface, for when wrinkling and workin g loose the surfaceis no longer uniform in its action, an uneven distribution of the inkingmatter takes place, and a consequent imperfectimpression isobtained.

To confine and secure this surface in place I proceed to form afastening for each edge or .side of the piece of fabric by providing andinto the surface or top of the pad outside the rim.

A clamping-strip is provided for each side of the pad and each one inlength corresponding to its side, so that when applied they form aclosely-fitting rim over the edges of the tray. In applyingth'esestrips, the material being smoothly stretched over the body ofpaste,`its margin is turned down overv the sharp edges of the pan orbox, and the clamps are sprung into place by first pressing the bentupper edge of each one down upon the cloth just inside the rim of thebox, and then bringing the lower edge upward andj under the bottoml insuch manner that the cloth isSo caught and confined between it and thebody of the box. This manner of` securing the cloth is clearly showninFig. 2, and when `all the edges are thus fixed the pad will have theappearance represented in Figs. 2 and 4.

To protect the inking-surface when not in use, the pad can be set intoaease provided with a lid or cover, as shown in Fig. 1. In this completeform the pad is made to fit tightly into the box or holder D, so thatthe clampslare held in place and cannot be loosened except by liftingout the pad.

The pan or box Aand the clamping-strip are readily made from sheet-tin,and,' except in the construction ofthe box portion,nosolder,

cement, or fastening is required.

rIhe cloth surface, while securely held at all points, can be loosenedand restretched, or can be taken off and renewed ab any time Withoutterial, distributing-surface A, and-clamps C C,

difficulty. constructed and combined substantially as Having thus fullydescribed my invention, described. what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters CHARLES A. KLINKNER. [L S.] 5 Patent, is- Vitnesses:

An inking-pad composed of the ink-re- JAMES L. KING,

ceptacle B, a body or filling of absorbent ma- YV. N. KEMPSTON.

